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Apr 16, 2015
“This is the British Scythe Champion against an experienced agricultural worker with a three-tine brushcutter, working flat-out.”
“Held at the Annual Green Fair and South West Scythe Festival in Somerset, UK, on 13th June, 2010. No trick photography here - he really is that fast.”
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